The cells interact with the matrix on the basal side, and things such as nutrients and drugs interact with the tissue inside the apical surface. Parasitic bacteria and viruses enter the intestine ...

Epithelial tissues are in constant interaction with ... transmission promotes a shift in the extrusion mode from the apical to the basal side, influencing the fate of the extruded cells.

When apical cells were damaged, "cell fate transformation" occurred where basal cells, which had already been developing into suspensor cells ... In the development process of a seed of a plant, a ...